It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
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adj. 醒著的;警惕的;
vt.& vi. 喚醒;喚起;覺悟;
?? a加強意義+wake醒著→喚醒，使醒
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來，而且高度警覺。
近義：awaken, rouse, wake, waken, arouse, revive
反義：kip, sleeping, dormant
adv. <美>以后，過后;
?? after以后+ward向...的→之后，后來，以后
"He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed."
他事后仔細剖析那項計劃以便搞清它失敗的原因.
近義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, presently, subsequently
adj. 較好的;更合適的;能力更強的;好轉的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 勝過;上進;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我們希望明天天氣轉好。
近義：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反義：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
vi.& link-v. 睡，睡覺;
vi. 睡，睡覺;睡眠狀態;
vt. 為…提供床位;提供住宿;以睡覺打發日子;
n. 睡眠;
?? s(睡)+l+ee(眼睛)+p: 睡覺 船(ship)上的她入睡（sleep）后像只綿羊（sheep）
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：doss, doze, kip, shuteye, rheum
反義：awaken, rouse, nonsleep, restlessness, sleeplessness, wakefulness
adv. 事先，預先;提前;
adj. 提前的;預先準備好的;
?? before(ad. 在前面)+hand→ 預先
"It is reasonable to assume that he knew beforehand that this would happen."
有理由認為他事先就知道會發生這樣的事。
近義：heretofore, once, prematurely, previously, rather, thereinbefore
反義：later, posthumously, thereafter, thereinafter, ulteriorly, afterward